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It's also true when the technique is not sound but the,personal ability to compensate for unsound technique is higher and may prevent progress at a certain point.

When your technique is sound, yes. But the technique had to be sound. Maybe one day, I will post my rules for sound technique but of course, I am only me.

For what it is worth this is exactly what a high level coach told me when I complained to him about my consistency with the shot.

One last comment - I probably wouldn't teach the banana flick to someone who doesn't have a decent backhand loop. To me, they are similar shots, though there are chiquita style flicks that are not really loops and are more like swipes.

OR just download and buy the TTEdge App!

I can see what you mean, but that is not how I think of the level of TT I am aspiring to. This flick well done can win the point outright and I used to win the point outright with it and often still do. It is also important vs. a player who attacks backspin too well. It is when used from the...

These are two best banana flicking videos I know in English. There are better videos for learning but these are the best for analyzing.

I agree with your experience. In fact, I think it is a general mistake to call shots beginner or advanced. I think that people should learn all the shots that fit into how they want to play over time and spend more time on the ones relevant to their current games. My position is based on the...

It depends on how you think about competition. Competition is as much about mental skills as it is about shot selection as it is about shot execution. Some people will say that since you can't execute the shot, wait. I think that even if you drill, there is a risk of not being able to execute...

This is VERY true and you are right to bring it up. That said, the problem that OP is describing is a general one that isn't always fixed consciously and the main issue is more about attitude and expectations. It happens at every level of play and with almost every new skill learned in a block...

BSHD, This video, while it is applied to sports less complex than table tennis, may help you appreciate what is going on. In table tennis, you need to learn to read where the ball is going and the spin being placed on the ball. Then you need to move to and prepare your stroke, and then...

You were clear - DerEchte just likes a chance to teach - he is kinda like me, just nicer.

Hey, this thread shows you have amnesia since you are too egotistical to consider yourself an idiot and enjoy discussing such so I am just playing along. I am convinced that the video wasn't really you. It was a clean game that would evolve into something better with time but still a low level...

kowabunga is right - you really need to get some equipment. But post some video first and I can tell you whether you are really an idiot or just an idiot. Huge difference ;).

Well said!!

People should get and pay for the app - it's really valuable now! And will get better too...

For some reason, many people I train with don't get that part. Then they wonder why they don't have a heavy backspin serve at 9-9 in the match. It's training for God's sake!

Well, go to a club and play better players. Ranked players. League players. Plenty of the stuff you are saying is similar to what many basement players who have never been to a club say, just with more sophistication. One of the reasons I went to a clubs to train and become better was...

Yes, but with every change, everything changes. When I Teach, I tell people that playing with rubber without grip creates a lot of habits that are hard to fix. Again, don't trivialize things like speed glue, better rubber and boosters. After all, your equipment must have a brand (and an ITTF...

Doing real strokes with bad equipment can be pretty dangerous. Don't trivialize the influence of equipment in TT. There is a difference between saying that equipment does not determine your level and equipment does not influence the strokes you can play. The former is mostly true, while the...